The Vietnam War was considered a true fight during 1945 through 1975, which was about 30 years of bloodshed and was considered the longest war that the United States has ever fought. This war was one of the first wars to be broadcasted on television in people’s homes. People then started to pay more attention to this war, than the previous ones. The public couldn’t swallow the realities of war, such as dying children, U.S. citizens being drifted one at a time, murders, and other horrors! Around the Vietnam era, many people started to react to this, and truly began to think about the war. The poem called Norman Morrison, by Adrian Mitchell, and the excerpt “The Man I Killed” in the novel, The Things They Carried, by Tim O’ Brien both show the breakdown of individuals under the stresses of the modern world – which in this case would be the Vietnam War.

The poem Norman Morrison is a poem about a 31 year-old Quaker, with a family. His family consisted of himself, his wife, and his 3 children. He thought of a plan, where he would commit suicide “in the white heart of Washington” (21), in order to protest the United States’ involvement in the Vietnam War. In other words, Morrison wanted to commit this act of self-immolation in front of the Pentagon, in order for citizens and everyone else to see him and understand his point of this. Soon after thinking through his plan, Morrison poured petrol over himself, and ended his life. “He simply burned away his clothes. His passport, his pink-tinted skin. Put on a new skin of flame and became Vietnamese” (23 – 27). He to, like the general public could not take anymore of the mass murders, and bloodshed, so he took his own life and became a symbol of peace for humanity.

Furthermore, “The Man I Killed,” shows an example of breakdown through the eyes of American-soldier Tim O’Brien as well. Tim, and his friends Azar and Kiowa came upon...

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The Wisest man that I know
Amanda Andrus
Psy 220
December 23,2012
Instructor: Sara Kassabian
Running Head: The wisest man that I know 2
Abstract:
This paper is talking about the characteristics of wisdom which is possessed by the chosen individual that I have picked as my main topic, the attributes that make this individual wise, the attributes that I have developed more than any other, and the attributes that I need to develop fully in the years to come. In order to research this given topic I have chosen to use Chapter 10 as a listed resource along with my personal experience that has given me knowledge in the area of this subject and I shed some light on the subject of the individual other than myself that I have chosen to write about. I have learned some interesting facts about myself and the chosen individual that I knew that he possessed, but writing this paper has brought them to light that shows me and other people what kind of a great man that he is.
The wisest man that I know: 3
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